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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Senator Charles Schumer has announced that he has helped secure an additional eight Medicare-funded resident physician slots for Westchester Medical Center.

Federal law limits the number of Medicare-funded resident slots at hospitals, but Westchester became eligible for additional slots following recent hospital closures.

With these new slots, Westchester Medical Center will receive an additional $400,000 each year from Medicare to help the hospital continue medical education and training.

According to Schumer, the new positions will improve Westchester Medical’s medical education program and its bottom line and will help combat the growing doctor shortage problem.